I find that people define god in different ways. Most people who practice a religion consider "god" to be a part of that religion. However, the only way I have seen the existence of god being defended on DDO is as a necessary, omnipotent being. This definition is quite vague and relies on logical semantics like the ontological and cosmological arguments to prove "god's" existence. How are religious gods different from the "necessary being" god whose existence is often defended?

At 4/10/2012 2:10:49 PM, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:I find that people define god in different ways. Most people who practice a religion consider "god" to be a part of that religion. However, the only way I have seen the existence of god being defended on DDO is as a necessary, omnipotent being. This definition is quite vague and relies on logical semantics like the ontological and cosmological arguments to prove "god's" existence. How are religious gods different from the "necessary being" god whose existence is often defended?

At 4/10/2012 2:10:49 PM, F-16_Fighting_Falcon wrote:I find that people define god in different ways. Most people who practice a religion consider "god" to be a part of that religion. However, the only way I have seen the existence of god being defended on DDO is as a necessary, omnipotent being. This definition is quite vague and relies on logical semantics like the ontological and cosmological arguments to prove "god's" existence. How are religious gods different from the "necessary being" god whose existence is often defended?

God is all that has been, is, and can ever be.

But that makes it synonymous with the universe.

"The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when the fruit comes, the blossom may be explained to be a false form of the plant's existence, for the fruit appears as its true nature in place of the blossom. These stages are not merely differentiated; they supplant one another as being incompatible with one another." G. W. F. HEGEL

"The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when the fruit comes, the blossom may be explained to be a false form of the plant's existence, for the fruit appears as its true nature in place of the blossom. These stages are not merely differentiated; they supplant one another as being incompatible with one another." G. W. F. HEGEL

Yep! But He likes Christians the best...especially Catholics...and Americans...God is definitely American!

That is what it sounds like anyway. lol

"The bud disappears when the blossom breaks through, and we might say that the former is refuted by the latter; in the same way when the fruit comes, the blossom may be explained to be a false form of the plant's existence, for the fruit appears as its true nature in place of the blossom. These stages are not merely differentiated; they supplant one another as being incompatible with one another." G. W. F. HEGEL